Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour

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The Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour was a landmark concert series in which Dylan’s controversial move from acoustic folk to electric rock provoked both acclaim and hostility, profoundly shaping the course of popular music.

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instanceOf concert tour
music event
alsoKnownAs 1966 World Tour NERFINISHED
Bob Dylan World Tour 1966 NERFINISHED
associatedAlbum Blonde on Blonde NERFINISHED
Bringing It All Back Home NERFINISHED
Highway 61 Revisited NERFINISHED
associatedWith booing from folk purists
folk rock controversy
shouts of Judas at Manchester concert
backingBand The Hawks NERFINISHED
backingBandLaterKnownAs The Band NERFINISHED
countryVisited Australia NERFINISHED
Canada NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
documentedIn Eat the Document (documentary film) NERFINISHED
Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert NERFINISHED
No Direction Home (documentary film) NERFINISHED
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 (studio era context) NERFINISHED
The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 (series continuation context) NERFINISHED
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 NERFINISHED
The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (contextual prelude) NERFINISHED
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home – The Soundtrack NERFINISHED
The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert NERFINISHED
featuredSetType acoustic set
electric set
followedBy Bob Dylan 1974 Tour NERFINISHED
hasGenre acoustic folk
electric rock
folk rock
rock
historicalSignificance challenged boundaries between folk and rock audiences
helped define the sound of folk rock
influenced subsequent rock concert formats
mainPerformer Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
notableEvent Manchester Free Trade Hall concert NERFINISHED
Royal Albert Hall concerts
notableFor controversial audience reactions
influence on popular music
transition from acoustic folk to electric rock
partOf Bob Dylan concert tours NERFINISHED
precededBy Bob Dylan 1965 concert tour NERFINISHED
startYear 1966
tourLeg Asia NERFINISHED
Australia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
typicalStructure first half solo acoustic
second half with electric band

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1974 Bob Dylan and The Band Tour follows Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan depictsEvent Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
this entity surface form: Bob Dylan's 1966 world tour
Robbie Robertson tourParticipant Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
this entity surface form: Bob Dylan 1965–1966 world tour
Pledging My Time associatedWithTour Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
this entity surface form: 1966 Bob Dylan World Tour
Obviously 5 Believers isPartOf Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
this entity surface form: Bob Dylan 1960s electric period
Bob Dylan touring band notableTour Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
this entity surface form: 1965–1966 World Tour